Eamonn Holmes branded cryogenics 'a load of nonsense' after a terminally ill 14-year-old won a landmark court case to have her body frozen.

The topic was discussed on This Morning on Friday after The Mirror revealed the British school girl, who died of cancer, spent her last months fervently researching how she could be frozen until a cure is found in the future.

Presenter Eamonn was not convinced and thought it was a waste of money, saying: "It's all a load of nonsense, isn't it?"

'Would you want a second chance at life?' (Image: ITV)

Dr Anders wants to freeze his brain (Image: ITV)

The star and Ruth Langsford chatted to The Mirror's Alison Phillips and Dr Anders Sandberg in Oxford, who only wants to freeze his BRAIN.

He said he was paying each month for life insurance and will spend $90,000 for his head to be frozen after he dies.

"I want to reduce risks to mankind, see it was saved, I'm curious and want to learn more," he said.

Those in the studio explained nobody had ever been woken up and given a second chance at life and hundreds of bodies have been frozen and stored since the 1960s.

"I think it's quite different talking about a 14 year old girl, and an adult," Phillips said. "The idea of dying must be so horrific, that teenage rebellion and anger, I have total sympathy."

Alison Phillips on This Morning (Image: ITV)

They chatted about the teen's story (Image: ITV)

But she said adults attempting to stave off death had become an "unsavoury thing" and asked what the purpose would be to come back to life years later when the world is a different place.

Described as a "bright, intelligent young person", the tragic teen's divorced parents were locked in a bitter battle about what to do with her remains.

Too young to make a will, the teenager went to court to protect her dying wish.

In a heartbreaking letter to the judge , she said that while she did not want to die, she had accepted her fate.